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Roadgames

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Original title

Roadgamesaka

AKA

Road Games

Year

1981

Running time

100 min.

Country

Australia

Director

Richard Franklin

Screenwriter

Everett De Roche

Cast

Music

Brian May

Cinematography

Vincent Monton

Producer

Essaness Pictures, Film Victoria, The Australian Film Commission, West Australian Film Council

Genre

Thriller | Serial Killers. Car Movies. Ozploitation

Synopsis

The story follows an American truck driver working in Australia, hire to drive a load of slaughtered hogs from Melbourne to Perth across a desolate stretch of highway. Stacy Keach plays Quid, an intelligent, self-educated man who is keenly observant of his surroundings, trading quips with his companion, a pet dingo that travels with Quid in his cab. Seems there's a serial killer stalking female victims, and Quid begins to suspect a green van he's seen on the roadways. Soon Quid picks up Hitch (Jamie Lee Curtis), and things begin to unravel at an alarming pace.

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Awards: 1981: Saturn Awards (Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films): nominated to Best International Film.

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Critics' reviews

"An above-average suspenser concerning an offbeat truck driver who winds up stalking a murderer."

Variety Staff: Variety
"Suspenseful throughout most of its running time and exceedingly well shot, 'Road Games' collapses at the end."

TV Guide
"An Australian thriller that drums up suspense from its assured plotting and direction, and generates humor from its star’s charismatic lead performance"

Nick Schager: AV Club
"It's precisely its pretensions which make this a surprisingly agreeable cross of angst-ridden '70s road movie with Hitchcockian thriller."

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